- get even with
- phrasal to repay in kind
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
get even with — get even (with (someone)) to punish someone who did something to you. She wants to get even with the guy who hit her with the ball. Related vocabulary: settle a score, stick it to someone … New idioms dictionary
get even with — index discipline (punish), recriminate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
get even with — phrasal : to repay in kind was determined to get even with him as soon as he could … Useful english dictionary
get even with someone — get/be/even (with someone) informal phrase to punish or to have punished someone by causing them as much trouble or harm as they have caused you I’ll get even with him if it’s the last thing I do. Thesaurus: to treat someone in the same bad way… … Useful english dictionary
get even with someone — get even (with (someone)) to punish someone who did something to you. She wants to get even with the guy who hit her with the ball. Related vocabulary: settle a score, stick it to someone … New idioms dictionary
get even with somebody — be/get ˈeven (with sb) idiom (informal) to cause sb the same amount of trouble or harm as they have caused you • I ll get even with you for this, just you wait. Main entry: ↑evenidiom … Useful english dictionary
get even with — Synonyms and related words: account with, alternate, avenge, bandy, be quits, be quits with, change, clear the board, commute, compensate, cooperate, counterchange, even the score, exchange, fix, get back at, give and take, interchange, launch a… … Moby Thesaurus
get square with — phrasal : to get even with : get satisfaction for an injury or insult from … Useful english dictionary
get even with — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. settle a score, avenge, pay back; see revenge … English dictionary for students
get even with — avenge, reap vengeance upon … English contemporary dictionary